Body of man taken from water on Antrim coast

The body of a man has been recovered from the water on the Antrim coast.

The body of a man has been recovered from the water on the Antrim coast.

It is understood the victim fell overboard from a yacht that was moored at the harbour off Rathlin Island last night.

The alarm was raised at 1.30 a.m. and police, ambulance and coastguard crews attended the scene. The man was dead on their arrival.

A crime is not suspected.

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